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On the Prospects of Using Polarized-Neutron Reflectometry to Study Helimagnetism in Rare-Earth Thin Films and Nanostructures on the DARIA Compact Neutron Source

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The results of studying thin films and superlattices of rare-earth helimagnets Dy and Ho using a neutron reflectometer are presented. Neutron reflectometry is shown to allow the magnetic phase transitions in these nanostructures to be studied and information about the periodicity of magnetic helices in them to be collected. It is proposed to create a neutron reflectometer capable of conducting polarization analysis on the DARIA compact neutron source, optimized for studying long-period magnetic ordering in rare-earth helimagnets, and the possible directions of this optimization are indicated.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Theme “Spin” 22021000036-3). The neutron-diffraction studies were supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Agreement no. 075-15-2022-830, May 27, 2022) (continuation of Agreement no. 075-15-2021-1358, October 12, 2021).

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  1. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 620108, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    D. I. Devyaterikov, E. A. Kravtsova & V. V. Proglyado

  2. Ural Federal University, 620002, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    E. A. Kravtsova

  3. Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russia

    V. D. Zhaketov & Yu. V. Nikitenko

  4. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Yu. N. Khaydukov

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Devyaterikov, D.I., Kravtsova, E.A., Proglyado, V.V. et al. On the Prospects of Using Polarized-Neutron Reflectometry to Study Helimagnetism in Rare-Earth Thin Films and Nanostructures on the DARIA Compact Neutron Source. J. Surf. Investig. 17, 832–836 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451023040043

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